Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, Clem Chartier

File contains a presentation by the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, Clem Chartier (Consultant). Chartier discusses the historical background to the Metis view of their rights in the area beginning with the visit of the Scrip Commissioner to Ile a La Crosse in 1906. Chartier does so to show the Commission "a cursory overview to hopefully sensitize you to some of the reasons...why we are saying the Commission has to look at Metis issues specifically." In addition to the scrip issue Chartier discusses poverty, resources, and game laws. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault makes remarks on the Commission's relation to Metis concerns, and Commissioner Sillet thanks Chartier for his presentation.